York-Oyster Bed

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York-Oyster Bed
Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Prince Edward Island electoral district
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Coordinates: 46°20′02″N63°05′53″W / 46.334°N 63.098°W / 46.334; -63.098
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island
District created1996
District abolished2019
First contested 1996
Last contested 2015

York-Oyster Bed is a former provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Canada, which was represented from 2007 to 2019. The district was named Stanhope-East Royalty from 1996 until 2007.

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Members

The riding has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:

Members of the Legislative Assembly for York-Oyster Bed
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
See 2nd Queens, 3rd Queens, and 5th Queens 1873–1996
60th 1996–2000 Jamie Ballem Progressive Conservative
61st 2000–2003
62nd 2003–2007
63rd 2007–2011 Robert Vessey Liberal
64th 2011–2015
65th 2015–2019 Wade MacLauchlan Liberal

Election results

York-Oyster Bed, 2007–2019

2015 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Wade MacLauchlan 1,93847.68-7.62
Progressive Conservative Jim "Benson" Carragher1,33832.92-1.44
New Democratic Gordon Gay44210.87+3.92
Green Thane Bernard3478.54+5.14
Total valid votes4,06599.85
Total rejected ballots60.15-0.24
Turnout4,07181.10+1.55
Eligible voters5,020
Liberal hold Swing -3.09
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2011 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Robert Vessey 1,98855.30-0.07
Progressive Conservative Martie Murphy1,23534.35-5.02
New Democratic James Rodd 2506.95+5.24
Green Jenet Clement1223.39-0.15
Total valid votes3,59599.61
Total rejected ballots140.39+0.02
Turnout3,60979.55-9.20
Eligible voters4,537
Liberal hold Swing +2.48
2007 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Robert Vessey 1,97055.37
Progressive Conservative Jamie Ballem 1,40139.38
Green Joan Cullen1263.54
New Democratic James Rodd 611.71
Total valid votes3,55899.64
Total rejected ballots130.36
Turnout3,57188.74
Eligible voters4,024
Liberal pickup new district.

Stanhope-East Royalty, 1996–2007

2003 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jamie Ballem 1,85855.70-5.28
Liberal Robert Vessey1,40041.97+8.91
New Democratic Gerard Gallant782.34-3.63
Total valid votes3,33699.79
Total rejected ballots70.21-0.22
Turnout3,34383.62-2.75
Eligible voters3,998
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -7.09
2000 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Jamie Ballem 1,99260.97+10.10
Liberal Eddie Reardon1,08033.06-10.90
New Democratic Leo Cheverie1955.97+0.80
Total valid votes3,26799.57
Total rejected ballots140.43+0.18
Turnout3,28186.36+0.10
Eligible voters3,799
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +10.50
1996 Prince Edward Island general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Conservative Jamie Ballem 1,62550.88
Liberal Eddie Reardon1,40443.96
New Democratic Leo Cheverie1655.17
Total valid votes3,19499.75
Total rejected ballots80.25
Turnout3,20286.26
Eligible voters3,712
This district was created from parts of the dual-member ridings of 2nd Queens, 3rd Queens and 5th Queens.

2016 electoral reform plebiscite results

2016 Prince Edward Island electoral reform referendum
SideVotes%
Mixed Member Proportional 58329.44
First Past the Post 57529.04
Dual Member Proportional Representation 41220.81
Preferential Voting 24812.53
First Past the Post plus leaders1628.18
Two-choice preferred result
Mixed Member Proportional 1,08657.13
First Past the Post 81542.87
Total votes cast1,98038.47
Registered voters5,147
Source
"Plebiscite Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-29.

References

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